Scanning the airwaves over Monterey Bay with a hand-held antenna, Stanford University researchers listen for blue whales—or, more precisely, they listen for the suction tags they've stuck on blue whales. The first beep ...
Ecology
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New research into the complexities of prescribed burning across varied landscapes and weather conditions is supporting the critical decisions on how and where to use fire to protect communities.
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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In the pandemic age of telehealth and new technologies, remote site lab or point-of-care (POC) testing of biofluids is a potentially rapid and non-invasive way to test for most diseases—including COVID-19.
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2020
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(HealthDay)—It has been the sole silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic—cleaner air and water on the planet. But will it continue?
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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Stalagmites from Lake Shasta Caverns (LSC) – located in northern California within an important transitional climate zone between the Pacific Northwest and southwestern United States—hold geochemical clues to help researchers ...
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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Each year since 1990, about 2.4 million hectares of Canadian trees fall to wildfires, more than double the annual area that caught fire 50 years ago.
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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Planting huge numbers of trees to mitigate climate change is "not always the best strategy"—with some experimental sites in Scotland failing to increase carbon stocks, a new study has found.
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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Whether you use a taxi or a rideshare app like Uber, you're still going to get a driver who will take you to your destination.
Economics & Business
Jul 15, 2020
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Women are almost twice as likely as men to have lost their job and suffered an anxiety attack during lockdown, according to a study that reveals how COVID-19 has driven widespread gender inequality.
Social Sciences
Jul 15, 2020
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When NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida later this summer, an innovative experiment will ride along: the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Ingenuity may weigh only about ...
Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2020
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